Post-stamp-vending apparatus.



110. 831,113. PATENTED SEPT. 18, 1906. M. SIBLAPP. POST STAMP VENDING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 22, 1904.

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No. 831,113. PATENTED SEPT. 18,, 1906. M. SIELAPP. PGST STAMP VENDING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 22, 1904.

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M. SIELAPF. POST STAMP VENDING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED man, 1904.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

POST-*STAMP-VENDING 'APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 18, 1906.

Application filed August 22,1904. Serial No. 221,768.

ven ing devices, especially those used for selling post-stamps, tickets, and other articles Which are taken off from a strip; and its object is to avoid the incorrect action of the apparatus hitherto used. The parts of such stri s of ost-stamps or tickets are not exact y of tEe same length, and therefore it is difficult to move the strips automatically as precisely as is necessary for a good working of the ap aratus.

Severa constructional forms of the invention are illustrated.

Figures 1 to 6 show in side views the principal arrangement of the device in different positions of working. Fig. 1 shows the paper strip, being in the original position; and Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 show several other positions of t e paper strip, showing the working of the apparatus. In Figs. 7 to 10 a side view of a constructional form of the device is illustrated, showing the members in different positions in the same manner as before.

My invention consists, rincipally, in moving the paper strip more than to the length of the ticket or stamp which is to be delivered and then after having separated the ticket from the strip to control and to regulate the position of the paper strip so that it returns to its normal position.

The chief arrangement of the device illustrated in Figs. 1 to 6 is the following: The ticket or stam strip 8 s s is perforated at s s in the wellnown manner. Eachpart between twoperforations or several parts is to be correctly delivered by the apparatus to the customer. a, a are two rollers, a having two recesses c c. b b are two rollersarranged be- (i is an arm attached to the lever e at the point d, the lever e being allowed to swing round the axle e. e is a spring ipressing the lever e to the right side toward the cam g, whereby the pin c on the lever e is forced toward the cam The working of the device as i lustrated in Figs. 1 to 6 is as follows: The stamp-strip being in the position of Fig. 1 rests on the arm (1, and thereby a distinct position of the strip is secured, the strip being and 1 'ng loose in the recess 0 of the rollers a a. W lien the rollers a a b b are moved in the direction of the arrows r 1", they come in the position illustrated in Fig. 2, and the paper strip begins to be fed by a a. At this moment, when the feeding operation begiiis the arm d is withdrawn by the rotating cam g by means of the in e on thelever e, an the pa er strip ta es the ositions in Fig. 3 and t en in Fig. 4. In t e osition of Fig. 4 the aper strip is grasped y the rotating rollers fit and drawn downward. The rollers 12 I) revolve more quickly than the rollers a a, and it is clear that as soon as the rollers b b have firmly grasped the strip art 8 and the perforated art 3' being free rom the rollers a a, Fig. 4, the stri must be divided and a separated part s is ormed. To assist the dividing action, the arm (I may be pushed forward by the spring 6 toward the strip 8 8 as shown in Fi 5, the cam g having released the pin 6 t is obvious that the dividing o oration can be brought into effect by one of t ese devices or by both. The separated art .9 of the strip is further fed b the rol ers b b, thrown out, and delivere to the customer. The part 8 of the strip is held between and by the rollers a a, and it is of importance to secure now the exact normal position of the strip, so that its end gains the osition shown in Fig. 1, and that is accomplis ed by the arm 41, which is already in the position shown in Fig. 5. The recess 0 has released the strip from the influence of the rollers a a. As seen in Fig. 6, the rollers a a have left free the remaining paper stri s 8 and the end of the paper strip touches t e arm (1 and rests on it in the same manner as seen in Fig. 1. this way always the correct normal position of the end of the ticket-strip or stamp-strip is insured, and the differences and the surplus in the movement of the strip by the rollers we are eliminated, according to the effect of the su porting-arm d and of the recesses c. The chief point is that the end of the strip or distinct point of the stri is alwa s in a distinct position secured by the arm It is obvious that it is possible to transport and deliver two or three arts of the strip in the same manner as described. Furthermore, it is obvious that instead of the rollers a a a pair of tongs may be employed, which move the strip and are opened when the end of the g ssi cesses c on the roller a a pair of rollers may be employed, which are not firmly arranged onto another, but may be removed one from another a short time, so that the .end of the strip may gain its original osition supported by the arm d? Naturally t e arm (1 can hold the paper strip at any point desired, and it is not'necessary that the paper strip be held at its end. s It? has been su posed that the aper. strip has always fed orward farther t an necese sary, and the arrangement of the described device, Figs. 1 to 6, is such that the faults arising from this overfeeding are eliminated; but it is possible that the paper strip is not iedforward or-as far as is necessary, and to compensate this the following device is provided, which is now tn be described, and which is illustrated in Figs. 7 to 10. The arrangement ofthe rollers is-the same as in Figs. 1 to 6, and the same letters are employed for the same mechanisms. The arm d, which supports the end of the paper strip, is pro-' vided with a dprojection (Z and above the arm (1 is arra e a second arms with a projection e he arm a is bent near its endat a right angle and forms a projection e". The rojectiorre and the projection 03 of the arm- 5 form tongs, and the arm e rests by means of the projection d on the arm (2. The levere, which is moved in the manner already described by the two cams g and f, is illustrated in its original position in Fig. 7. In this 0- sition the tongs d e have grasped the en ofthe paper strip and hold it fast in its correct osition. If the rollers 11 a t b are moved in the direction of the arrows 'r 1", the paper '1 stri s is moved downward by the rollers a a" an in the same moment the, arrnd ismoved back by the cam f. The end of the paper stri is free and is brought between the rollers b in the manner as is shown by Figs. 3, 4, and 5, and the last part of the strip 8 s s is separated in the manner as illustrated in Fig. 5'. The arm d is now released from the cam f and takes the position, Fig. 9that is to say, the most exterior part of the arm stands beneath the end of the paper strip .9

It is clearthat when the' paper stri has not been transported enough there be a free space between the most exterior part of the arm d and between the end of the strip s. It is'clear that this is not a correct position of the end of the strip, and to bring this end of the paper strip into the position as shown in- Fig. 7 it is necessary to grasp the end of the'strip and to move it downward, and this is effected by the nose or projection d of the arm (I and by the projection e of the arm 0 in the following manner: The arm d has been raised by the action of the cam f and brought into the position shown in Fig. 10, and the ters Patent oi same manner, so that the two rejections d ,and estand in the position, Fig. 10. They form an open ton s, and these ton' are closed by means 0 the cam g, as 0 early shown in Fig. 7, so that the ends of the pa or strip is grasped, and then the arm (1 has ecome free from the action of the cam f, both arms (1' and a sink down by their own weight and movethe paper strip in the correct position, Fig. 7. It is obvious that the raising and the lowe of the arms (1 and c with the tongs d an e must be chosen, so that the greatest differences which may occurin the feeding of the aper strip are eliminated and regulated ,by t ese elements and move ments.

Having thus fully described the nature of my invention what I desire to secure by Letthe United States is- 1. Vending apparatus for stamps, tickets andother paper strips, which are to be separated, consisting of means for feeding the paper strip to a second feeding device, means for separatin apart of the paper strip, and means for a justing that part of the paper strip which remains when the separation. as taken lace in acorrect end position, substantia yas described.

' 2. Vending apparatus for stamps tickets and other paper strips, which are to be separated, consisting of two rollers a a for feeding the paper stri' to a second feeding de-' vice, 'consistin 0 two rollers 11 b rotating in the same ection as the rollers a a, means for separating a part of the paper strips and means for adjusting that part of the 'paper strip which remains when the separation has taken place in a correct end position, substantially as described.

3. Vending apparatus for stamps, tickets v and other paper strips, which are to'be sepa-- rated, consisting of two rollers a a for feeding the paper stri to a second feeding device, consisting 0 two rollers b I) rotatin in the same direction as the rollers a a an somewhat more quickly, thus separating a part of the paper strip, and-means for adjusting the remaining a er strip in a correct end position, substantia y as described.

4. Vending apparatus for stamps, tickets rr 5 and other paper strips, which are to be separated, consisting of two rollers a a for feeding the paper strip to a secondzfeeding device, consisting 0 two rollers 6 b rotating in the same direction and somewhat more no quickly than the rollers a a, thus separating a part of the aper strip, in combination with two levers e having alternating motion and operated by the earn 9 f'to assist the dividing of the paper strip, and'means for r2 5 adjusting t e remaining paper strips in a correct end position, substantially as described.

5. Vending apparatus for stamps, tickets arm 8* being supported by the arm (1 by means of the pro ection e is raised in the and other paper strips, which are to be separated, consisting of two rollers 07 a having recesses c and of two rollers 11 b, in com- In testimony whereof I have signed my bination with two levers d e having altername to this specification in the presence of 1c nating motion, and operated by two earns two subscribing Witnesses.

g f and with a third lever e operated by v r the lever d which lever c together With MAL SIELAF'I the recesses 0 serves for attael1in the re- Witnesses:

maining paper strip in a correct end position, OT'ro RENNER,

substantially as described. KARL WILDE: 

